The New York Yankees continue to insist that they play by the "Joba Rules". Joba Chamberlain must not exceed his innings limit, or his arm just might fall off. So they decided to spend the past few weeks toying with him and the rest of the pitching staff. He gets 8 days off here and there and now he's limited to 35 pitches in one of his starts. The Yankees have invested money in Joba, the best way to protect his arm is to not have it pitch. And yet everytime I see this I think to myself, Matt Cain. Hi "Joba Rules", meet Matt Cain. Matt Cain is currently amongst the front runners for the Cy Young. The combination of Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain is the singular reason the Giants are tied for the wild card. He's a 24 year old horse who already has two 200 innings pitched seasons under his belt and is well on his way to his third consecutive season with 200 plus. So how did Matt Cain develop into such a horse? He pitched, and he pitched a lot. In 2002 Matt Cain...
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No to the F.A.C.T. that Joba, should be a Starter, he is & has the mentality of a SetUpMan or Closer, Short term Anger that has to come out, to simplly slow that down and make him do what His Body,Mind & Sprit Tell him NOT ToBe is just Wacked. However it's NOT my $$$ M.O.N.E.Y. $$$